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Atrix (voice Quality) or LG optimus 2X or Dell streak

Hi Guys,
I am looking at buying a unlocked phone. I am going to ask my friend to pick up one for when he is travelling to US next month. None of listed phones are available in my country and I guess it will take another year. Before that I guess we would have quad core phones I was almost fixed on Atrix until I read the voice quality problem. I won't be able to replace it with the new one so easily. What you guys reckon? My second choice is LG optimus 2x or Dell Streak. Just want your advise so I could make up my mind.

I have an AT&T Atrix unlocked on Rogers in Canada and have had zero call quality issues. It's on par with my Nexus One, if not better. I cannot speak for the LG, but I've had a streak and far prefer my Atrix.
The Streak was a great phone, but I found it too big. I tried it as a cross between a phone/tablet and that's exactly what it is. As for Streak call quality, it was great via bluetooth, but found it horrid when holding it up to my head.. not to mention I felt like a tool everytime I had to put it up against my head.
My vote is Atrix, although I still get my flash fixes from my Nexus, so it depends on what you're looking for.

i cant speak on the LG or Streak, just the atrix
holding the phone to ear:
hearing people on my Atrix is good -> above good
i felt the N1 speaker in the ear was much better
talking into the phone, i had to turn off the noise surpression feature and as log as i wasnt erratic with my talking i can be heard fairly well...
hands free speakerphone
i can be heard very loud and clearly, and the speaker is very loud and clear
i have not used any bluetooh device with it yet, but have heard good things, depending on the quality of the BT device you choose...
GL (love the atrix gonna be hard to get this away from me)

IMO forget about the Dell Streak. I had one for 5 months, and the lack of updates, plus the overall laggyness of the interface was really annoying.
I've had a play with an LG 2X and its very quick. The build quality (and the big chin below the screen) was a major let down. The call quality was pretty poor also (typical of all LG phones).
I've had my Atrix now for just over a month. I've had no call quality issues. I bought the Bell Canada version, and I am thankful now, because the Bell seems to accept other firmwares (eg, flashed an Australian Telstra SBF on to it with 100% success) where as the AT&T version does not allow you to do this.
I would go the Atrix if you need a phone right now. If not, maybe hang out for the Samsung Galaxy S II and compare them both. IMO the SGS II will be a nice phone, but the super amoled screen is going to look pretty pixelated at 800x480 res on 4.3" - and its a pretty big phone too.

Thanks for the reply guys. Atrix will be my first choice. I will be getting one of the unlocked version from ebay. I mostly find the AT & T version only there. I am also following up with the Motorola Audio quality thread, hopefully its not a hardware issue just a software issue.
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Thanks for the suggestion, will turn off noise cancellation on my wifes phone tonight...
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jive_83 said:
Thanks for the reply guys. Atrix will be my first choice. I will be getting one of the unlocked version from ebay. I mostly find the AT & T version only there. I am also following up with the Motorola Audio quality thread, hopefully its not a hardware issue just a software issue.
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Beware.
There's no such "unlocked version" of the Atrix. It's not the iphone world anymore my friend.
Please estimate the unlock at only $20 USD when you're looking for an unlocked Atrix.
Or else we will show you how to unlock an AT&T Atrix for $20 USD.
Thanks and gold luck.
Edit: To add to your first question. I did not face issues with call quality in the Atrix. I knew from the very first call I made using it that it's crisper than my previous iphone 3GS. Moreover, The external speaker is epic on the Atrix!

From experience the Atrix has better voice quality than ny streak. Also I use a stereo bluetooth headset when I play basketball at the gym. With the streak, I had to put the phone in a holster on my hip because it would cut in and out while listening to music and occasionally drop the connection entirely until I reconnected them. With the atrix, I can sit my phone down in the corner somewhere and play full court basketball and rarely even get a skip in the music.
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CyberPunk7t9 said:
Beware.
There's no such "unlocked version" of the Atrix. It's not the iphone world anymore my friend.
Please estimate the unlock at only $20 USD when you're looking for an unlocked Atrix.
Or else we will show you how to unlock an AT&T Atrix for $20 USD.
Thanks and gold luck.
Edit: To add to your first question. I did not face issues with call quality in the Atrix. I knew from the very first call I made using it that it's crisper than my previous iphone 3GS. Moreover, The external speaker is epic on the Atrix!
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Thanks mate. I will keep that in mind.

playin4sheezy said:
From experience the Atrix has better voice quality than ny streak. Also I use a stereo bluetooth headset when I play basketball at the gym. With the streak, I had to put the phone in a holster on my hip because it would cut in and out while listening to music and occasionally drop the connection entirely until I reconnected them. With the atrix, I can sit my phone down in the corner somewhere and play full court basketball and rarely even get a skip in the music.
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Thanks for the reply. I was bit worried since there were complaints about muffled or muted voice quality on the other side. But good to hear not all of them are affected. I have to take a bit of risk anyways no support for Atrix in my country.

agrabren said:
Thanks for the suggestion, will turn off noise cancellation on my wifes phone tonight...
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Hey mate, are you facing any problems with the call quality?

It's really luck at this point. Like you said, check the call quality thread on the official moto forums. There are hundreds of posts where people have had a ****on of troubles. I went through 3 Atrix phones before finding one that was acceptable. Noise suppresion on the phone is done via second mic on the back of the phone.
I had various hardware problems with the previous Atrix phones that I've had and I continue to have problems with the last one I got.
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I would not gamble my money and hope to get a good unit from eBay.

One exemple: me.....i have that probleme and im at portugal. I cant chance the phone now....i houpe motorola launch an update ota to correct this
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wirednix said:
It's really luck at this point. Like you said, check the call quality thread on the official moto forums. There are hundreds of posts where people have had a ****on of troubles. I went through 3 Atrix phones before finding one that was acceptable. Noise suppresion on the phone is done via second mic on the back of the phone.
I had various hardware problems with the previous Atrix phones that I've had and I continue to have problems with the last one I got.
Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I would not gamble my money and hope to get a good unit from eBay.
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I have the same worry mate. I guess Motorola should still cover it, however I can't ship it so many time back and forth. I could buy a new mobile for that

EclipseX said:
One exemple: me.....i have that probleme and im at portugal. I cant chance the phone now....i houpe motorola launch an update ota to correct this
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Are you not covered under the warranty still? can you not exchange it with them?

jive_83 said:
Hi Guys,
I am looking at buying a unlocked phone. I am going to ask my friend to pick up one for when he is travelling to US next month. None of listed phones are available in my country and I guess it will take another year. Before that I guess we would have quad core phones I was almost fixed on Atrix until I read the voice quality problem. I won't be able to replace it with the new one so easily. What you guys reckon? My second choice is LG optimus 2x or Dell Streak. Just want your advise so I could make up my mind.
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Get the Dell Streak. It fits great in your pocket LOL.
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My Atrix also has no problem with voice call quality. Don't have the LG or Dell to compare though.

I experienced the poor quality on the atrix but my current one is ok.
I think the atrix is a great phone, but if I had a choice id get the LG g2x.
IPS LCD screen that's supposed to be very nice.
Superior build quality/materials
Better camera.
Stock HDMI mirroring
The only thing the atrix has on it are more RAM, fingerprint, and bigger battery. Check youtube reviews on the LG. Reviewers rave about it

BravoMotorola said:
Get the Dell Streak. It fits great in your pocket LOL.
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I love the screen size, but I guess I can't carry it every where

tom2517 said:
My Atrix also has no problem with voice call quality. Don't have the LG or Dell to compare though.
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Thanks mate.

Call problems

I have talked to 2 other g2 owners, both on Verizon, and they have the same problem. While on a call randomly the other person can barely hear me, it doesn't happen every call but enough to be considered a problem. Anyone else experience this and what carrier. I tweeted @lgusamobile to no avail. I am on my 2nd g2 and it still does it.
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I'm beginning to wonder if it has something to do with Verizon changing the mic holes from 3 to 1?
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Just started using my G2 today. Made a couple of calls and had no issues until this evening. Two calls in a row and the person I was talking to could barely hear me. So I put it on speakerphone and he could hear me just fine. I sure don't want to have to keep doing that. I'm on T-Mobile.
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I'm hoping it's just a software problem, that eliminates my theory on the mic hole
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I have the problem if I even slightly slant the phone away from my mouth they cant hear me at all.. and sometimes just out of the blue.. like heffy said.. it's weird and annoying
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no issues here on international version

triskropf97 said:
I have the problem if I even slightly slant the phone away from my mouth they cant hear me at all.. and sometimes just out of the blue.. like heffy said.. it's weird and annoying
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Exactly what I started experiencing abotu 2 days ago. When I hold the phone with my chin (slightly slant) they cant hear me but when I hold it with my hand facing my mouth they can clearly hear me. its weird, what gives?

Ive noticed the same problem as well. I figured out last night that if I hold the phone higher on my face, so the ear speaker is a tad above my ear, people on the other end say I sound way better.

Sounds like LG has some call quality issues it needs to hammer out on these phones with software updates.

ok, add me to the list for call quality/clarity issues; i'm using an att stock, but rooted ROM. people i've talked to on my phone say i sound muffled, like my hand is covering my mouth. they can't understand what i'm saying. . called at&t - from my phone - to report the problem and the tech support person confirmed my issue. they're sending a replacement device overnight. i hope the new device does not have the same issues .

Yep, I'm also on T-Mobile AMD having the same issue
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cortez.i said:
ok, add me to the list for call quality/clarity issues; i'm using an att stock, but rooted ROM. people i've talked to on my phone say i sound muffled, like my hand is covering my mouth. they can't understand what i'm saying. . called at&t - from my phone - to report the problem and the tech support person confirmed my issue. they're sending a replacement device overnight. i hope the new device does not have the same issues .
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Hope the new device works for you, I'm on my second and the problem persists. It seems completely random, wish someone could figure thus out. LG, that means you.
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Can we email this thread to LG support? Lol
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MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
Can we email this thread to LG support? Lol
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Done.
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heffzilla said:
Hope the new device works for you, I'm on my second and the problem persists. It seems completely random, wish someone could figure thus out. LG, that means you.
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sad to report that the replacement device i received today exhibited the same issues. chit! i'm really disappointed that the problem was still present. i was (supposedly) talking with a manager/tech who asked me to call him from my other phones (S4/HTC One) to see if he could hear the difference. to my disappointment, he said he could clearly tell how muffled i sounded on both of my G2s. another phone is on the way for me to test. fingers are crossed that the 3rd device will work.

I had this problem when my gf called me. She said i sounded very low and that i sounded as thou i was sick. That was the second day i got the phone. since i don't really use it for calls that much its not a worry. plus i past my days of return.

MoNsTeReNeRgY22 said:
Ive noticed the same problem as well. I figured out last night that if I hold the phone higher on my face, so the ear speaker is a tad above my ear, people on the other end say I sound way better.
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So if I'm correct the mic in G2 has strait direction and does not hear and amplify sounds going from other directions except nearby mouth voice. So I suppose people should fire voice recorder and tinker with recording self muffling some chatting and keeping mic in different directions. Then listen to what other part probably hear. Probably someone would find the best position for mic to record voice. Me thinks that it's a distinctive mic's feature &specificity so software update would never come being not needed in the first place

Billy Madison said:
So if I'm correct the mic in G2 has strait direction and does not hear and amplify sounds going from other directions except nearby mouth voice. So I suppose people should fire voice recorder and tinker with recording self muffling some chatting and keeping mic in different directions. Then listen to what other part probably hear. Probably someone would find the best position for mic to record voice. Me thinks that it's a distinctive mic's feature &specificity so software update would never come being not needed in the first place
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Voice is Crystal clear in voice recorder, it doesn't matter how you hold the phone it still sounds clear
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heffzilla said:
Voice is Crystal clear in voice recorder, it doesn't matter how you hold the phone it still sounds clear
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So then its not mic-related. Were you holding phone above a shoulder like when talking or display in front of face? or either way it records same?
If it's not mic than it's something AMR related. Probly on bad line and signal phone chooses AMR-NB instead of AMR-WB, does it?

well... received a 2nd new phone, spent another 45 minutes on the phone with another tech, testing the G2 and a HTC One only to have the same results: muffled voice on the G2. i have never, ever, ever had this kind of issue with Android device. i was given a case number (what ever that means) told to expect a call from another tech person and, that it's possible at&t might ship my phone back to LG. WTF!! apologies for my rant, just very disappointed. think i'm going to buy the T-Mobile version, unlock it and test on at&t.

Why I`m happy with my M8

i keep reading other threads and posts about why people aren't happy with their M8..........i for one am extremely happy with mine in fact i have not been happier with a phone since i got an 02 xda exec (who remembers them)
i don't care if my screen may look a bit yellower than someone else's i am not one to compare things anyway i can see everything i want on the screen i have and can do everything from reading my books surfing the web play games and do work .......im happy
my battery lasts all day the way i use my phone ...i don't need 140hours of use and 28 days standby .......
i don't care if my grey is lighter or darker than anyone else's....im happy with the colour i have
my build quality seems fine ....nothing coming off or rattling .....im happy
I'm happy with sense don't need a gpe
i don't need a mega mega pixel camera i have a nikon d600 for that ....the camera is fine for what i would ever need it for u want more megapixels either buy a dslr or a nokia or sony
i have had a shed load of phones through the years and all of them bought because i wanted them regardless of looks style peer pressure or sales patter i make a decision and go buy it then use it as it was intended to be used ....but what i don't do is gripe gripe gripe .....far to many people nit pick and to a certain extent may well put others off buying that model i bet that for every one person on this forum that has a problem/gripe/nitpick there are 100`s that love it but you rarely hear from them
as a side note my phone was bought from cex in the uk along with a s5 for my son and he loves his as much as i love mine so it really is horses for courses.......of course mines better coz i can and have, unlocked boot loader, rooted, s-offed, changed cid/mid, sim unlocked and flashed ARHD and he can't !!!!

The camera is fine, I just wish that it was smoother, I'm coming from an iPhone so I'm a little spoiled in some areas and abused in others.
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its a perfect phone. i don't know what the hell there is to complain about really. if it got 100 MP camera someone would complain about something . else. for a smaller battery than my G2 it sure as hell last just as long...... oh its too long.... ohh the bezels are too big. blah blah for real? lmao. let me shake my phone to see if something rattles. people do all sorts of crazy things. trust me i had every phone known to man, and this phone is close to perfect. would i take a bigger battery or camera sure. does it hinder the phone at all. def not! and sense 6 is the best version yet
i am also a happy M8 user :good:

I really liked this phone
I came from galaxy note 3
It's really smooth and fast,I like the camera and the screen is good
I can't find anything to dislike this phone it's awesome.
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grud1e said:
i keep reading other threads and posts about why people aren't happy with their M8..........i for one am extremely happy with mine in fact i have not been happier with a phone since i got an 02 xda exec (who remembers them)
i don't care if my screen may look a bit yellower than someone else's i am not one to compare things anyway i can see everything i want on the screen i have and can do everything from reading my books surfing the web play games and do work .......im happy
my battery lasts all day the way i use my phone ...i don't need 140hours of use and 28 days standby .......
i don't care if my grey is lighter or darker than anyone else's....im happy with the colour i have
my build quality seems fine ....nothing coming off or rattling .....im happy
I'm happy with sense don't need a gpe
i don't need a mega mega pixel camera i have a nikon d600 for that ....the camera is fine for what i would ever need it for u want more megapixels either buy a dslr or a nokia or sony
i have had a shed load of phones through the years and all of them bought because i wanted them regardless of looks style peer pressure or sales patter i make a decision and go buy it then use it as it was intended to be used ....but what i don't do is gripe gripe gripe .....far to many people nit pick and to a certain extent may well put others off buying that model i bet that for every one person on this forum that has a problem/gripe/nitpick there are 100`s that love it but you rarely hear from them
as a side note my phone was bought from cex in the uk along with a s5 for my son and he loves his as much as i love mine so it really is horses for courses.......of course mines better coz i can and have, unlocked boot loader, rooted, s-offed, changed cid/mid, sim unlocked and flashed ARHD and he can't !!!!
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Great post buddy! You're absolutely right, ppl complain and nit pick a lot but as long as you're happy that's what matters.
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I'm happy with my M8 also. Only thing I'm mad about is I can't send and receive pictures because my M8 is Att I'm using it on T-Mobile.
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I've about had 'em all myself.
This is as close to perfect as I've had.
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shaqqq said:
I'm happy with my M8 also. Only thing I'm mad about is I can't send and receive pictures because my M8 is Att I'm using it on T-Mobile.
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That shouldn't be a huge issue. Just have tmobile configure your APN settings.
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eikast said:
That shouldn't be a huge issue. Just have tmobile configure your APN settings.
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Yeah they did and they said sometimes with unlocked phones that doesn't work. I read that since kitkat been released att blocked unlocked phones being able to send and receive pictures. Everything else works besides this.
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very nice batterie life, good camera, very nice style and nice stock features.

i'm happy because i managed to get one on upgrade with EE for just £29.99 per month with no upfront cost !!!!
bargain....:victory:

I think most people are happy with their M8, but feel a tiny bit let down by a couple of things. I love my M8 but I wish HTC had better quality control. Mine had 2-3 small scratches right out of the box, along with a loose volume rocker. I know that nothing is perfect but to be honest I've seen many iPhone's 5 and 5S and all of them are the same out of the box...
Other than that nothing beats this phone really. Excellent device all round.

paulcfc said:
i'm happy because i managed to get one on upgrade with EE for just £29.99 per month with no upfront cost !!!!
bargain....:victory:
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thats a good deal ......personally i never use a contract been with giffgaff since the start due to unlimited data and since the beginning of this year used ee for the 10gb data for 30£ per month and will look at giffgaff again when they roll out 4g ......when ever i change handsets i use cex so i can trade in the old one and save some money

Coming from a Droid Maxx with a 3500 battery I can say that the M8 battery is not terrible at all.

I don't think the people who are complaning hate the phone itself, but they have defects which make them not like the one they have in their hands.
Personally, I love the M8, but my first one had speaker grills and a screen that looked like they were going to pop off, and my second one has a loose volume rocker and dead pixel. I do love this phone, but I wish HTCs quality control was better.
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I've been using my M8 for nearly 2 weeks now.
Coming from Galaxy S4, i can tell the difference is abysmal. The speed, the quality of the screen, the way the phone manages the different task, the battery life is amazing! The pictures are good too.
Overall i feel satisfied with the change

I just jumped over after owning an iphone5S and absolutely loving the M8 and android.

I love the HTC M8 , Luckly enough for me I managed to get a makeshift screen shield over the camera since it had developed two scratches already . Mind you it lives in an otterbox . Other than that one issue and stopping future scratches from developing . No dead pixels , grills pretty much flush with the screen and the volume keys are fine since they in a case anyways LOL . Hell I even like Sense (OMG WHO JUST TYPED THAT) , and what they have done with it .

shaqqq said:
Yeah they did and they said sometimes with unlocked phones that doesn't work. I read that since kitkat been released att blocked unlocked phones being able to send and receive pictures. Everything else works besides this.
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I'm on ATT and I can send and receive pictures just fine. I've always had my phone's unlocked so I don't know who posted that but that just isn't true.
Oh and I also love this phone. I'm usually a huge Samsung person but this has been the best phone I've had to date.... And I've had A Lot.
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bkeaver said:
I'm on ATT and I can send and receive pictures just fine. I've always had my phone's unlocked so I don't know who posted that but that just isn't true.
Oh and I also love this phone. I'm usually a huge Samsung person but this has been the best phone I've had to date.... And I've had A Lot.
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My M8 is AT&T but unlocked using on T-Mobile. This the only phone I had this problem with and other people having the same issue and they saying it happened when KitKit released and something about Att started blocking it for people who unlock there phones to use for other carriers.
And I agree with you on that. The S5 was the first Samsung phone I didn't like.
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prices slashed already

2 months in, and tmobile is already taking $120 off the retail price. sales must be horrendous

I bought my G4 about 1 month ago and mention this discount to a representative who credited my EIP $60 as as courtesy.
Through my trials and tribulations with the G4 I was able to submit three different rebates for both the extra battery and the 128 SD card and sold them all on eBay for an additional $270 minus fees... So all in all I'm in the G4 for dirt cheap but I'm still not satisfied with this piece of crap phone.
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This root less phone is just not worth anything.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & LG G4

every day I use the phone I find more bugs. I can no longer type fast because it misses so many taps. My phone is froze every morning from the wireless charger, so is my girlfriends. half the time double tapping the volume down won't open the camera. if I get a text my screen will turn on and stay on. it will never turn off until I read the text message. If I have an app up that keeps the screen on and I hit the power button, when I turn the screen back on to check the time it will stay on and never go off, even though still at lock screen. I could go on forever. I bet root would fix 98% of this. I think the worst problem, missed taps, is a hardware issue and cannot be fixed with software or root. I'm afraid the phone is complete ****.

I think everyone that has issues should try one factory reset. I feel like that solved all of my problems. Root would be very nice but not a deal breaker like it used to be for me. Now that I have kids the number one priority for me is the camera, and this is about the best there is.
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shootind5nukes said:
every day I use the phone I find more bugs. I can no longer type fast because it misses so many taps. My phone is froze every morning from the wireless charger, so is my girlfriends. half the time double tapping the volume down won't open the camera. if I get a text my screen will turn on and stay on. it will never turn off until I read the text message. If I have an app up that keeps the screen on and I hit the power button, when I turn the screen back on to check the time it will stay on and never go off, even though still at lock screen. I could go on forever. I bet root would fix 98% of this. I think the worst problem, missed taps, is a hardware issue and cannot be fixed with software or root. I'm afraid the phone is complete ****.
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Root isn't gonna fix any of it. It's not some magic thing that does anything really but make your system partition writable. If you're having all of those issues (and the same to the other people having issues) you've probably just got a bad phone from a bad batch of them. I had to RMA my first one, no further issues. Rather than continuously dump on the phone (which, by the way, I don't particularly care for either, and won't have another LG phone in the future, but my issues aren't with bad hardware/software, mostly company dynamics), try and get it fixed/replaced. Your issues will probably be largely fixed.
The factory reset is also a good idea, and will tend to fix most issues...but in the event it doesn't, simply get it replaced. But honestly the hollering about how bad the phone is...? Overall it's a decent piece of hardware. Not the best, but not the worst by any means. Take matters into your own hands and get the thing fixed/replaced.

I have has two G4 devices, and both have been flawless. I have no tap issues and I'm a fast typer. Then there are the people that have been talking about other bugs. I'm just so happy with my G4. Of course every aspect could be bettered, but that's true with every device. I love the G4 and here in Europe the prices drop on every device sooner or later. Especially in down times where people aren't buying phones. Everyone here is getting ready to go on vacation ...
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smw6180 said:
Root isn't gonna fix any of it. It's not some magic thing that does anything really but make your system partition writable. If you're having all of those issues (and the same to the other people having issues) you've probably just got a bad phone from a bad batch of them. I had to RMA my first one, no further issues. Rather than continuously dump on the phone (which, by the way, I don't particularly care for either, and won't have another LG phone in the future, but my issues aren't with bad hardware/software, mostly company dynamics), try and get it fixed/replaced. Your issues will probably be largely fixed.
The factory reset is also a good idea, and will tend to fix most issues...but in the event it doesn't, simply get it replaced. But honestly the hollering about how bad the phone is...? Overall it's a decent piece of hardware. Not the best, but not the worst by any means. Take matters into your own hands and get the thing fixed/replaced.
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root will fix most of it what are you talking about. xposed framework will fix almost everything. And I don't continuously dump on the phone, this is a thread about the phone not being that great. If you love it and have no issues go find a new thread. I don't particularly care for your opinion either. I have already had it replaced once. I have every intention on changing it out again, but I'll wait a month or so for them to fix the bugs vs getting another **** phone. I might add that when I spoke to LG they said the Verizon ones are having the most trouble.....and that the only difference was software....so once again I believe root will help.

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root will fix most of it what are you talking about. xposed framework will fix almost everything. And I don't continuously dump on the phone, this is a thread about the phone not being that great. If you love it and have no issues go find a new thread. I don't particularly care for your opinion either. I have already had it replaced once. I have every intention on changing it out again, but I'll wait a month or so for them to fix the bugs vs getting another **** phone. I might add that when I spoke to LG they said the Verizon ones are having the most trouble.....and that the only difference was software....so once again I believe root will help.
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This thread is about the price cut. OP never mentioned anything about phone being horrible. Keep this stay on topic. Some of us were able to get partial refund. Please don't hijack the topic and steer into wrong subject.
This isn't the place to talk about rooting the device.
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"but I'm still not satisfied with this piece of crap phone. "
so I agree with op but I'm not on topic...or your all can't read....

shootind5nukes said:
"but I'm still not satisfied with this piece of crap phone. "
so I agree with op but I'm not on topic...or your all can't read....
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I'm the one who said that and I'm not the OP
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shook187 said:
I'm the one who said that and I'm not the OP
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I see that now, I hate how the first post appears, I always overlook it. I was off topic.

Already? For contracts they were slashed week one. Free with contract on Amazon

I am perhaps wrong but the G2 and G3 prices didn't go down the same way?
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Seriously now, I think most people realize that the g4 is in fact a piece of crap.

Because the S6 and the M9 are so much better..
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Dennisg34 said:
Because the S6 and the M9 are so much better..
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Not sure if serious...

TheBiles said:
Not sure if serious...
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Sarcasm at the tools crapping on this phone above..
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Dennisg34 said:
Because the S6 and the M9 are so much better..
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Yeah current flagship phones have all been nightmares... S6 get real close if it wasn't for the damn battery it probably be the perfect device.
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Yeah current flagship phones have all been nightmares... S6 get real close if it wasn't for the damn battery it probably be the perfect device.
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My wife has the S6, my G4 blows it out of the water
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[Q] considering on buying the nexus 6p. few questions..

*camera/video quality (considering it has no ois)
*build quality, holding up or breaking?
*battery life on a day to day usage
Any other issues that anybody encountered?
Was considering on the 6p or z5 but I'm not liking the fact that on the Sony phones when it get to a certain temp it won't let you operate the camera,it'll either shut down on you while using it or won't let you open the camera app. So now I'm thinking of getting the nexus 6p.
Would like to know some pros and cons on what everyone has on this phone. Thanks

Quick question: did you bother reading this forum or not at all?

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Quick question: did you bother reading this forum or not at all?
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Quick question. Isn't this the Q&A thread where I can ask questions or is it not. Lol you literally can't post anything on xda anymore without someone trying to be a smartass. Figured it'll be on the nexus forums that's where its always at haha

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Quick question. Isn't this the Q&A thread where I can ask questions or is it not. Lol you literally can't post anything on xda anymore without someone trying to be a smartass.
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It was a honest question. Hope you get answers you are looking for.

So far for me, the only thing I don't like is not being able to tweak the way Ambient display works. It's only on or off. But I'm nitpicking here and it isn't really even a con, and certainly not a hardware thing.
Otherwise, I've been loving it! I don't believe you'd regret your decision if you choose the 6P.
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*Additional notes:
- For video: I have taken a few videos with my 6P, and they haven't been jittery and look smooth for a phone camera.
- For battery: I don't know what you classify my daily usage as, but so far, starting with a full charge in the morning, I have not had to charge my phone before bed even once. Most of the time, I have around 50% left when getting ready for bed. If it's more heavy usage, it'll be lower, but still not close to dying. It's a fwiw kind of thing.
- Build quality: No issues here for me so far, although I am using a case. Someone who rolls with a naked 6P could probably give you more pertinent information on that.

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*camera/video quality (considering it has no ois)
*build quality, holding up or breaking?
*battery life on a day to day usage
Any other issues that anybody encountered?
Was considering on the 6p or z5 but I'm not liking the fact that on the Sony phones when it get to a certain temp it won't let you operate the camera,it'll either shut down on you while using it or won't let you open the camera app. So now I'm thinking of getting the nexus 6p.
Would like to know some pros and cons on what everyone has on this phone. Thanks
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You really have nothing to lose. Why don't you just buy it and give it a try? If you don't like it, return it. I think my advise is the best. You can get everyone's response but in the end...your feelings about the phone will determine if you keep it or not.

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You really have nothing to lose. Why don't you just buy it and give it a try? If you don't like it, return it. I think my advise is the best. You can get everyone's response but in the end...your feelings about the phone will determine if you keep it or not.
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This is very true. The things one person likes/dislikes about a phone, you may feel differently about. I gave some of my impressions above, but you'll ultimately have to get some hands-on time with it to know for sure.

Yep, buy it, try it, then make your own decision...

Thank you guys for the feedback. I will be purchasing the phone

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Thank you guys for the feedback. I will be purchasing the phone
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Wise choice. =)

Just got mine today. Got the graphite 128 and love everything about it. Always enjoyed Android but hated the bloat from Verizon. Just took my sim out of my iPhone 6s and the Nexus works perfect.
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faded03cobra said:
Just got mine today. Got the graphite 128 and love everything about it. Always enjoyed Android but hated the bloat from Verizon. Just took my sim out of my iPhone 6s and the Nexus works perfect.
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Cool! Welcome aboard.

If there is one thing, I really change on the phone is the buttons placement for power and volume. Other than that, this is a solid phone. Yes it does have its own fare share of issues, but most of them will/can be fixed with a software update from google.